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Antifrank’s 50/1 tip to be next Labour leader

Antifrank’s 50/1 tip to be next Labour leader

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Antifrank explains why he’s bet on John McDonnell to be the next Labour leader  Jeremy Corbyn has been leader of the Labour party for just over a fortnight and already there are rumblings about who might replace him.  Some bookies already have markets up and running (though they may well have more value at present for publicity rather than for making money).  Are there any bargains out there? Jeremy Corbyn may leave office in many years time after a stint…

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Next Labour Leader: Let’s do the Time Warp Again

Next Labour Leader: Let’s do the Time Warp Again

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Tissue Price on Mr. Corbyn’s successor Amongst the favourites in the betting for next Labour leader are non-runner Dan Jarvis (8/1), non-finisher Chuka Umunna (9/1), and non-MP David Miliband (a stand out 20/1 with Stan James, otherwise 10/1). All are broadly on the right of the party, though admittedly Jarvis is something of a blank canvas. And yet the next leader will either be arranged by the PLP, in the Michael Howard manner, or they’ll be elected by broadly the same membership that…

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Next year’s London Mayoral election next will be the big test for the Corbyn leadership.

Next year’s London Mayoral election next will be the big test for the Corbyn leadership.

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Don Brind on the day the CON Mayoral candidate will be announced “Sadiq. Wow” said the text message that came in as I was walking down an Italian hillside. It alerted me to the fact that Sadiq Khan had won the Labour London Mayoral selection by a decisive margin. The friend who sent it knew I was heavily invested in Khan stocks. Not only is he my local MP – and a brilliant one too – but no less than…

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Even Michael Foot had net positive opening MORI ratings. How will Corbyn do?

Even Michael Foot had net positive opening MORI ratings. How will Corbyn do?

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How will the granddaddy of the polling industry rate Labour’s new leader? We’ve had a few sets of numbers already on Corbyn but none from the long-established posters using their tried and tested questioning. Ipsos MORI, and in its earlier incarnation just MORI, has been surveying leader ratings since the mid-1970 and one question whether the sample are “satisfied or dissatisfied” has been asked in the same manner for nearly four decades. The result is that it has a vast…

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Could Alan Johnson lead Labour into the 2020 General Election?

Could Alan Johnson lead Labour into the 2020 General Election?

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At 25/1, Alan Johnson is a value bet for next Labour leader says Keiran Pedley. It’s fair to say it’s been a difficult start to life as Labour leader for Jeremy Corbyn. His failure to appoint any women to the so-called ‘top jobs’ whilst controversially choosing John McDonnell as Shadow Chancellor got his leadership off to a rough start. Since then, he has been attacked for not singing the national anthem, endured a mixed reception at his first PLP meeting…

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Why Corbyn represents something more than just Corbynmania

Why Corbyn represents something more than just Corbynmania

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A guest post by Professor Glen O’Hara It’d be easy to laugh at Jeremy Corbyn’s unsteady progress over the last few days. The shambolic late night appointment of the Shadow Cabinet; the outrage over his treatment of Labour women; the long walk of shame when he refused to answer any questions about it, and then tried to get a policeman to help him out; the forgotten bits of the TUC speech; the furore over the national anthem; the Whips’ Office…

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